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Native and invasive mussels

Native and invasive mussels. Restoration potential and effects on the Neponset River. NepWRA. Native bivalve species present. Elliptio complanata. Pisidium spp. Wikimedia.org. Restoration problems. 83 of 297 species extinct in North America Most imperiled organisms (55% of species)

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Native and invasive mussels

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  1. Native and invasive mussels Restoration potential and effects on the Neponset River

  2. NepWRA

  3. Native bivalve species present Elliptio complanata Pisidium spp. Wikimedia.org

  4. Restoration problems • 83 of 297 species extinct in North America • Most imperiled organisms (55% of species) • IUCN Red listed • Little funding available (2003 US$24k/sp.) • Sensitive to environment • Habitat degradation • Dams, land use changes siltation, pollution • Hydrologic regime • Flow, temperature • Host specific dispersal • Neponset-specific problems: • Toxic metals • Summer low-flow conditions, high temperature • Low clearance rate • Unlikely to solve eutrophication problem

  5. Williams et al. 1993

  6. Wikimedia.org

  7. Comparison of clearance rates • Native Unionids: • Low Density • 0.006 to 2.327 mussels per m2 • Filtration rate • 1 to 2 l/hr/g AFDM • Total optimal clearance: ~23 l/m2/hr • Invasive Dreissenids: • High Density • 2.5 to 2.6x105 mussels per m2 • Filtration rate • ~5.8 l/hr/g AFDM • Total optimal clearance: ~5500 l/m2/hr

  8. Future residents? D. polymorpha D. Rostriformis bugensis Wikimedia.org

  9. Usgs.gov

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